Laura Bauer

Kansas City Star reporter. Love writing about children, the underprivileged and all types of crime and mayhem.

[Sofia Schwarzwalder @schwaarzy]

KU employees were told a 17-year-old rower may have been sexually assaulted by a football player in 2021.

But police weren’t called. Now 22, she is sharing her story publicly for the first time:

With @kclaurab via @KCStar

https://t.co/X2hkUG1gd2

[Matthew Kelly 🌻 @Matt_Kelly22222]

Running mate of Kansas governor candidate accuses him of fraud: ‘Grifter’

Doug Billings, an Olathe podcaster running to be the next governor of Kansas, has been accused of soliciting a $2,700 donation for campaign software and pocketing the money.

https://t.co/uYqeZTvU2f

[Judy Thomas @judylthomas]

All Grandview police and fire chaplains associated with the International House of Prayer-Kansas City have been dismissed in the fallout from a third-party investigation into a sex abuse scandal involving the 24/7 global prayer movement.
https://t.co/HU5g5ttjgG

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

Six women say a man working at a Kansas City spa molested them during massages. Two shared their stories with The Star. “Staying silent is not going to bring any change or justice ... speaking up and speaking out is the best way to find healing.”
https://t.co/gvWJj5AVQm

[Judy Thomas @judylthomas]

"I won my case." Kansas Jan. 6 defendant demands K-State teaching job back with pay after Trump orders all charges against him dismissed.
https://t.co/6Je08QJgFS

[Judy Thomas @judylthomas]

President Donald Trump on Monday issued pardons to nearly all of the Jan. 6 defendants, following through on his campaign pledge to grant clemency to those charged in the Capitol breach. His order covers the 38 MO and 10 KS residents charged in the riot.
https://t.co/vO7962BcpS

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

This country music singer/songwriter is a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan. For five years now he's been writing and singing parodies that have racked up millions of views. "Blane has become a big part of Chiefs Kingdom."

https://t.co/KjkOI5Ddzq

[Judy Thomas @judylthomas]

A federal judge has approved a Kansas Jan. 6 defendant’s request to attend president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, the first person charged with a felony to receive such permission.
https://t.co/S4ORpsfWG8

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

The family of a baby killed in Independence police shooting questions why Missouri’s child welfare agency didn’t do more to protect her.

https://t.co/bSFVt7DGiu

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

Johnson County father asks judge to go beyond “weak plea deal” and give harsher sentence to man responsible for the death of his teenage son, Will Ensley.

https://t.co/3N7ML1lEw1

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

Relatives said the baby who died after last week's officer-involved shooting in Independence would have turned 3-months-old on Nov. 22nd.

https://t.co/PkIHlgQQWs

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

At just 7-months-old, with severe injuries to his body, Giovanni Carr died in a Kansas City hospital in June. More than four months later, no one has been arrested, and police still don't call his death a homicide. Relatives want to know why.
https://t.co/zGXle9m8Hh

[Judy Thomas @judylthomas]

A Kansas Marine Corps veteran who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 wearing a patriotic face mask with an American flag painted on his head has been sentenced to two years of probation.
https://t.co/S2oTCmDbsf

[Judy Thomas @judylthomas]

Citing insufficient evidence, the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office is declining to file charges against a former IHOPKC volunteer youth group leader and musician accused of sexually abusing a teen in 2010 during private counseling sessions.
https://t.co/Yx2VktyzwM

[Judy Thomas @judylthomas]

William Chrestman, the ax-handle-wielding Kansas City-area Proud Boy convicted of threatening officers and breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, has been released from custody early. Donors have contributed $141,000 to his family. With @drdesrochers
https://t.co/GDSZKLfegU

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

ICYMI: At a Kansas City intersection overcome with crime and loitering, the corner library — where staffers spend more time fulfilling the basic needs of the low-income community than checking out books — has been caught in the middle.

https://t.co/tqGJuT0RHo

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

For years, @KCStar has featured weekly profiles of kids in Kansas foster care wanting adoptive families. They come from the voice of children and what they hope for the future. Above everything, this group of brothers and sisters want to stay together.

https://t.co/GQ9zehsxGC

[Judy Thomas @judylthomas]

"Please do not sign this document that silences your voice." Parents of alleged sex abuse victim of IHOPKC founder Mike Bickle say a non-disclosure agreement for staffers will shut down their free speech.
https://t.co/xCUkhKCu0V

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

Attorneys for Kansas foster kids would like the state to bring in ‘outside experts’ to help make needed changes to the child welfare system.

https://t.co/qnni4QoH1V

[Laura Bauer @kclaurab]

“The human toll this system is taking is staggering, and it just seems to be getting worse." New report on Kansas foster care settlement agreement shows the state is failing to meet most requirements. #ksleg
https://t.co/ypzLWHN1D3